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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-08-19
From THURSDAYS DAILY FREE Press. I

Joseph Meyers was arrested on COM
plant of Geo. Arnold for letting his
chickens run at large, scratching up his
neighbours garden. He was discharged
this morning.
"A free temperance lecture will be
given next Monday evening at K. of L.
hall by the State lecturer of the Mime
sofa branch of the American Health and
Temperance Association.
Hall & Coffin report the sales of lot
II, block s, Dukes addition, for VIM. B
Moorheqd to Joseph Schlingerman for
$175, and lot l, block 2, Ester M. Halls
addition, for Ester NJ. Hall to Helen F.
Forman for $500.
Secretary of State Mattson's annual
report will be published in few days.
1t shows that sos new corporations have
been formed during the year, represent
ing nominal capital of over $500, OOO, 600.
OF these there are % railroad companies
and seven street railways. The condi-
ton of general business in the State is
excellent.
The veterans of the New Ulm cam
paign from this place Will take the Sec
ond Regiment Band with them to New
Ulm Aug. % and 24-the dates of the re-
union. The good people of New Ulm
are assured of some excellent music up
on that occasion. Much enthusiasm is
felt among the Mankato veterans over
the prospects of the reunion.
One of the features of the State Fair
is the auction sales of blooded stock
which will take place this year on Thurs
day and Friday, September 10Th and
10th. Nothing but pure bloods will be
sold, and no "funny business" will be
tolerated. 1t is expected that many
choice animals of every breed will be of.
fered for sale, thus affording the farmer
splendid opportunity to get Just what
| he wants, and to get it at what 1t is fair
ly worth Farmers in quest of choice
animals should make note of this and
go prepared to buy.
Mrs. j. A. Willard, of this city, has
been named by Governor McGill as one
of the delegates to represent Minnesota
in the National conference of charities
and correction, to be held at Omaha,
Aug. 22-31.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hen.
ry Zimmerman, Jr., died at $50 this
morning. The little ones name was
Arthur H., and its age four months and
three days. The bereaved parents have
the sympathy of all in their affliction
The funeral will be held from the City
Hotel at three o'clock Friday afternoon
AT the meeting of the school board
last night the contract for seating the
rooms in the West Mankato school anC
the frame structure on the Union schoo
grounds was awarded to the Andrew
Co., of Chicago. 1t was decided to opeI
two more primary schools, one in eacl
of the rooms to be seated. No othe
business was transacted.
On the 22d INST, new freight tarif
goes into effect on the Omaha, will
about the same reduction in rates as tn,
Northwestern and Milwaukee roads re
Gently announced. The new rates ais
give Mankato substantially the same rat
to Duluth which the State Railroad Com
mission recently demanded that tn
Omaha should make.
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1T rs NEEDED.

The public welfare demands that th,
street lamps be kept lighted until broas
day light. The hard characters that sr,
at present lettering about the city, ant
the many recent attempts at robbery
90 TO prove that gasis needed through
out the entire night. All attempts a
robbing have been perpetrsted aftel
midnight, when the nights are dark
The nightwatchmen are unanimously o.
the opinion that they cannot do much
when all the street lights, and lights in
the stores, are extinguished just at the
time that they are needed most. The
gas ordinance provides that the gas COM
pany is to keep the street lamps burning
all night, the city to pay only 20 cts. per
lamp per month in addition to the pres
ent rates. When the cost Is so trifiine
in comparison with the advantages, the
council can find no cause for not order
ing the change.
We understand that the matter will be
brought to the attention of the aldermen
at the next meeting, and the action of
the council will be watched with inter
est.
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PERSONAL.

Miss Hegman, of Elysian, is the guest
of her sister, Miss Emma Hegman.
Misses Mabel and Maud Farr, Of Min-
neapolis, are visiting their cousin, Miss
Alice Farr, of this city.
Charles Foster has decided to send
his son, Theodore, to the Shattuck school
at Faribault, and he will enter the acad-
envy next month.
Mr.. Will Meagher, who has been TAX
ing brief vacation at Lake Madisons is
again attending to his duties at the Citi-
zens' Bank.
Mr.. G. F. Gregg, of Milwaukee, is Wis
iting his cousins, Messrs. David aad
Richard Evans, and will remain in the
city about a week.
Supt. Spencer, of the Omaha road, eft
Monday noon for California. He will 20
company Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Shaulut
to their new home in National City.
Mrs. John YanLiew, of VanWert, y,
and Mrs. j. s. Hattery, of Waterloo, b.i
are the city guests of Mr.. and Mrs. +
Zimmerman. Mrs. VanLiew and Mrs.
Hattery are spending their summer "a
cation at the VanLiew cottage at Lske
Madison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Shaubut left Men
dav noon for National City, Californa,
where they expect to reside in the a.
ture. They will meet their daughter,
Mrs. Walz, at Albuquerque, and she
will accompany her parents to their nav
home. National City is a small burg
about four miles from San Diago, but tae
latter place is increasing so rapidlyin
population that it will be but a few yesrs
at most when the two will be one. M.
and Mrs, Shaubut are two people who
will be greatly missed at Mankato, AID
their departure from our midst tales
away couple of our pioneer settles.
They came here along in the early part
| of the fifties, endured the hardships and
deprivations of a new and unsettled
country, went through the Indian troyb-
les of '62, and having reached that age in
life when ease and comfort should be
the reward of an industrious and pros
porous life, they journey across the con.
| tinent to seek climate more congenial
than Minnesota, and where many of the
Injuries abound that cannot be had il
this frigid zone. The large circle OF
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. 8. all over Min,
nesota, wish them a safe journey, and
trust that the remainder of their days
may be the happiest of their lives.
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Saturday. till further notice.
ISIDOR LONGINI.
Summer Excursions.

The Chicago & Northwestern Railway
has placed on sale cheap excursion tick
cts 10 Buffalo, Niagara. Falls, Chautauqua
Lake, Ogdensburg and Rouse's Point, N,
Y; Portland, Me-, Montreal and Que
bee; Concord, Fabyans, North Conway
and Plymouth, N. H., via Boston, Alex
andria Bay Thousand Islands), Brant-
ford, Berlin. Belleyille, Brockyille,
Goderich, Coburg, Guelph, Hamilton,
Kingston, London, Ottawa, Port Hope,
Prescott and Toronto, Ont; Bellows
Falls, Bethel, Braintree, Burlington,
Hartford, Montpelier, Northfield, Roy
alton, Rutland, st. Adams, Springfield,
Waterbury, White River Junction, VT,
and other Eastern points; also tickets to
Denver, Salt Lake City, Portland, Ore
gon, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San
Diego and many other points in the
West and Northwest. For rates and full
information apply to Ticket Agent z. 4
NV. R'y. 2wSi
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ACCIDENT AT THE MATTRESS
WORKS.

A sad accident happened atthe Mat
tress factory Friday afternoon. Atwelye
year old boy named Stein, employed in
the establishment, wandered into part
of the factory where he did not belong
and, in reaching over the cage Of the
picking machine, his left arm was caught
and badly crushed. DIR. Warner was
summoned, and found it necessary to
amputate the limb. The lad was not
otherwise hurt, and win rapidly recover
from the effects of his injury.
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SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING,

A special meeting of the council wal
held last evening for the purpose of ap
pointing special city commissioners t.
make the assessments for the construc
ton of the sewer and for the grading o
Second, Walnut and Fifth streets. Al
the members were present except Al
dermen Hoerr and Schiman. The OBJ
ject of the meeting was stated by the
Mayor, after which the minutes of the
preceding meeting were read and stood
approved.
Messrs. Edward Bradley, Chris. Roos
and John c. Noe were appointed special
city commissioners on the grading Of
Second, Walnut and Fifth streets.
Messrs. VIM. Bierbauer q. Paddock
and Samuel Winship were appointed
special city commissioners on the conf
struction of the sewer.
The Mayor stated thatthe attorney fol
the relatives of Mr.. Miller, who was kill
ed by falling from ledge at the stone
quarry last April, would settle with the
city for $1,000, otherwise suit would be
brought. Notice was served on the
Mayor some time ago that damages
would be claimed. The matter was re-
ferred to the committee on claims and
accounts and the city attorney.
The street committee reported in IA
vor of granting the Normal School au-
thorities SIPS to aid in grading down the
sidewalk on Fifth street in front of Nor
NAL grounds. The report was adopted
and the money appropriated.
The street committee reported in IA
vor of indefinitely postponing the petit
tons for building sidewalks on the south
side of Mulberry street and on Third
street between Lafayette and Vine SITS.
After some discussion the reports were
accepted and ordered placed on file.
The chairman of the street committee
reported that the work already compile
ted and that was under contract was all
that could be done this year without
borrowing money from the banks. The
committee reported in favor of postp0n-
ing action on all other petitions for street
grading until next spring. The report
was adopted.
The city engineer reported that he
could not make a grade for the Bunker
Hill road that would be much better
than the old one, except by making an
entirely new road up the ravine. He
stated that the grade would be much less
steep and that the cost would not exceed
81, 900. He recommended that no action
be taken upon the present petitions The
report was accepted.
The city engineer was instructed to
make plan and profile of new road
to run up the Bunker Hill ravine, the
road to be on the east side of the ravibe.
The council adjourned.
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From Mondays Daily Free PressJ

The Presbyterian Sunday school is
TO hold a picnic in the near future.
Copies of the fair premium list can
now be had by applying to the secretary
Major Clarke reports the sale of lot
:, Point Pleasant, to Mrs. Louise Mans
field for $3.50. He says that real estate
is still booming there.
A row occurred at dance at Mr..
Hiddie's place Saturday night. Such oc-
currences have become so frequent there
that the authorities have about decided
to close the place.
"A special policeman has been en-
gagged by the Opera House management
to be on hand whenever the Opera
House is in use. This is avery good
move and will be duly appreciated by
the patrons of the house.
ALI persons wishing to rent rooms to
Normal students or to take them as
boarders are requested to send particu,
lars to Prof. Soaring. He desires to COM
plete his list of boarding houses and
rooms as soon as possible.
C. L. King, Esq, has decided to put
up new house on his Jackson street lot
this season, and will commence work on
the same at once. 1t will be a frame
structure 2Sx2S two stories high.
The case of the State of Minnesota
VS.. ]. Koppen, of Mcpherson, for as
sault in the third degree upon o. G. Oh
ney, was set for to-day, but the COM
planning witness not appearing was dis
missed.
-Messrs. Harvey Baxter and Otto
Mann have entered into partnership,
and gone to st. Paul, where they have
engaged in the saloon business. Both
have many friends here, who are sorry
to lose them.
1T has not been found necessary to
amputate the arm of young Stein who
was injured at the Mattress Works last
Friday. He will loose the use of his
hand, however. The bone was not
broken, though two cogs of the wheels
which caught his arm were broken of.
The flesh was crunched and some of
the muscles cut.
"A train load of U. S. artillery passed
through the city Yesterday afternoon
over the Omaha road going west. The
tram included two fiat cars loaded with
cannons, calssons, ETC., two passenger
coaches for the men and several box cars
for the horses. There were several bat
teries in ali. They were probably ex-
changing their eastern post for a western
one, the policy of the war department
being to make these changes oftener
than heretofore. Some, however, imag-
ined that they were going west to fight
the Ute Indians.
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From Wednesdays DAILY FREE PREss.l
"A new plate glass has taken the
place of the broken light in one of the
windows of the Fire department room
Mrs. ]. 7. Lenfesty's millinery store
will be moved from its present location
to the building now occupied by Mr.. M
o. Sundt. Sept. list.
The addition to Mr.. L. P. Hunts
residence on Second street, which has
been in progress of building for some
time, is nearly completed.
The improvements in the public
schools are under Roadway, and will
probably be completed before the school
opens. Jesse Welsh is pushing his part
of the work.
Pastures have been generally bene-
flied by the late heavy rains and there
is promise of good pasture until late in
the fall. The ground is thoroughly sat
urated with moisture.
1T is understood that an effort viii
be made at the next council meeting to
have the recent action of that body rela-
ting to the locking of the militia out OF
the City Hall reconsidered. 1t is need
less to say that this should by all means
be done. The militia is composed of
representative young men of the
city, and are gentlemen-not toughs-
and should be treated as such. The
members of the company feel pretty
badly cut up in consequence of the coun-
cil's action. 1t Is sincerely hoped thst
when the matter Is brought up that body
will recognize its previous mistake and
make what amends 1t can.
Marriage licenses were yesterday
granted to Arndt S. Norman and Mary
Sorenson, Otto S. Blume and Emma
Warmly, George Manthei and Emma
Leahman. 1t was field day in the
clerk of courts office.
The threshing season has COM
menced in earnest and steam threshers
are numerous. Some new wheat is be-
ing brought in, though in no great guam
taties as yet. Some farmers who have
threshed have been surprised at the
large yield, while others have been dis
appointed at the small yield. At pres
ent it is too early to say whether the
crop will reach the average or not.
The trial of Eugene L. Wescott oc-
cupied the whole of yesterday. He is
charged with hiring team from Dut-
tons livery stable July 3lst, and driving
to Lake Emily at such rapid pace that
the horses were used up. Mr.. Grant
Dutton, the complaining witness, heard
of the fast driving and started after the
first team and found it at Lake Emily.
There were six in the wagon, which was
three seated. A number of witnesses
were brought in to prove that the rate
of speed was greater than it ought to
have been. The defense was based up
on the fact that one of the horses would
lope almostas soon as urged off of walk.
The rapid speed was denied. The de-
tense was stronger than was expected.
The arguments were heard this morning.
Wescott was bound over to the next
term of the district court, bail being fix
ed at $500.
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LAKE CRYSTAL ASSESSMENT.

In the matter of the condemnation OF
certain lands bordering on Crystal Lake.
and the over fiowage of such lands by the
raising of the water in the lake, the
commissioners recently appointed for
the purpose have assessed the damages
as follows:
Emerson Moses and J. E. Taurtollotte,
$475. --- -
Mary, Thomas, Kate and Jane Rooney,
Mary Akers and all other unknown
heirs at law of Patrick Rooney, deceas-
ed, and Henry c. Akers, 500.
Samuel J. Cookson and Samuel A.
Cookson, $50.
Patrick Hughes, 475.
Norman III. Oleson, $25.
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Mr.. o. Backlin, shoemaker work.
ing just north of Walz's soloon, left his
home Tuesday to collect some bills and
has not been heard of since. His wife
thinks that he is the victim of foul play,
though it is more likely that he has de-
serted her and skipped out. He was a
bout twenty eight years of age and had
been married about SIX months. He was
known as hard drinker.
"A teachers institute will be held al
Lake Crystal Sept. Goth, which all teach
ers should arrange to attend. Teachers
examinations will be held in about a
month at Mankato, Lake Crystal and
Mapleton. The dates for these examin-
atoms have not yet been fixed. Most Of
the schools of the county will open in
about two weeks and, under the over
sight of County Superintendent Parker,
are expected to do better work than
ever before.
1t will be remembered that burg
lar broke into Mr.. L. Patterson's house
some time ago, taking spring overcoat.
Nothing else was missed until yesterday,
when Mr.. P. went to get his gold-headed
cane. 1t had been standing in the hat
rack In the hall and no one had wanted
it since the burglary until yesterday,
when it was found to have been stolen.
1t is thought that it was taken at the time
the overcoat was purloined. A negro
tramp was observed about that time with
a similar cane, but he left the city, hav-
ing been ordered out by the police.
The fast train between st. Paul and
Chicago, which the Omaha will put on
next Sunday will be of great accommo.
dation to people going East. Leaving
Mankato at l p. m, the Chicago passen-
ger will arrive In that city at $50 the
next morning. The time of the new
trains is as follows: Leave Minneapo-
lis, $50 p. M; st. Paul, 7:3O p. M; ar
rive in Chicago, $50 a. m. Returning,
will leave Chicago, p. m; arrive in St.
Paul, 7 a. M; Minneapolis, 1885 a. m.
Time of train leaving Minneapolis 2:20
p. m. and st. Paul p. m. will remained
unchanged.
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From Tuesdays DAILY Rec PREss.]

LFrom tuesdays DAILY + Rec FhESS'J
The appearances are the price OF
hay will be very high before the winter
is over
M. o. Sundt, Esq, will take posses
ion of his new store room on or be-
fore the LIST of September.
The Catholic Sisters are having a
substantial iron fence placed in front of
their property on Fifth street.
The opposition to the city councils
plans for water supply and to the pro-
posed location of the reservoir grows
daily.
The artillery company which went
south over the Omaha Sunday evening
was Battery F, from Fort Smelling, and
it was enroute for Sioux City to attend a
soldiers reunion.
Real estate is picking up somewhat
in the additions to Mankato, though it Is
rather quiet in the central part of the
city. A number of sales are being made
on the outskirts of the city to laboring
men, who desire to build and take up a
permanent residence there.
The Mankato Coal, Oil, Gas & Min
eral Company Is going to do big busi-
ness if it makes "strike." 1t has Sc
cured franchises for supplying the peo-
pie of a large number of neighboring
hustler"
The work of grading Walnut and
Fifth streets is progressing very slowly
while Second street has not yet been
touched. Would it not be wise for oul
city fathers, when they let contracts fol
grading streets, to insert clause limit
ing the time in which the work must be
done, instead of allowing it to drag its
weary length along through the entire
summer and fall?
Mr.. Reese w. Thomas and Miss
Mary J. Pritchard, of Lake Crystal were
married by Rev. +. L. Patterson at his
residence at noon to-day. The couple
left at one O'Clock on short wedding
tour and will return to take up their
residence in Lake Crystal Friday.
"A large amount of building is going
on in lower town and along the bluff
Among others Mr.. Brown, a railroad
contractor, is erecting house near the
Franklin school, house is being erected
by Mr.. He'll back of the Nicollet House
Messrs. Klughertz and Geo. Dentingel
are building on Fifth street and Angus
Vender is erecting house on Hinck
ley's addition. All these are substantial
structures.
The first marriage license issued TO
the past twelve days was granted las
evening to Mr.. Henry Helmet, of st
Paul, and Miss Rosa Riley, of this city
A license was granted this morning b
Rees w. Thomas and Mary j. Prichard
both of this county. The record of
marriage license Is getting to be quite
curiosity at the county offices, and it
said that the Clerk of Court had forgot
ten how to enter them when the on
came in last evening.
The trial of Eugene L. Wescott 70
cruelty to animals took place to-day il
the municipal court and occupied tn
whole day. Mr.. Grant Dutton' was tn
complaining witness. Wescott is chars
ed with driving team taken from Dui
toms livery stable, to Lake Emily Jul
31st, at such gait that they were use
up. The court room was crowded dul
, ing the trial. The prosecution was cor
Quoted by County Attorney Smith, th
great criminal lawyer, and the defens
! by Mr.. A. r. Pfau, the great horse Law
yer.
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The work Of grading the Normal
School grounds has commenced, and a
large force of men is employed. Mr..
VIM. Mitchell has the contract for the
work, and is pushing matters. 1t is
hoped that the work can be finished
soon after the opening of school, The
plans drawn by Prof. H. w. s. Cleye-
land are being followed, and when the
work is completed the old Normal yard
win be transformed into as pretty park
as one could wish TO see. The building
itself has undergone some needed re-
pairs in the shape of plastering, etc.,
and win presents tidy appearance when
school opens Sept. 9th.
While Duluth is great, it is not SO
much greater than Mankato as the en-
terprise of citizens would indicate. If
there is any one feature more than
another connected with a city which
shows determination to keep pace
with its growth, it is thorough system
of water and sewerage. One is abso-
lutely essential to the other, and both
are indispensable to the health and con-
venience of the public. What we start
ed out to say is that Duluth, the present
season, has constructed nearly seven
miles of sewerage. One sewer, extend
ing over eleven blocks, cost $45, 900, and
still the good work goes on. This little
item may prove tip" to our city. Let
us continue the work of sewerage so aus
piciously begun, until it is fully COM
pleted and the drainage of the city made
perfect.
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Total-I6 deeds.
A Woman,s Sweet VIII.

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A Bloody ARRAY

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